"There are a lot of very talented people here at Valve that are working hard on it every day to ensure high quality in a timely manner," he explained on his DotA Blog.

IceFrog had previously teased that his role at Valve would be "great news for DotA fans," adding "I finally have all the resources needed to do some very exciting stuff."

In addition, IceFrog explained how he came to be employed by Valve:

It started off with an email from Valve where they mentioned that they were big fans of DotA wanted to fly me out to spend some time with them and visit their studio. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from the trip. After arriving and chatting with them, the first thing I noticed was how much of their decision making process was like mine. They shared the same aspirations towards building a long term and sustainable community without having short sighted business goals that end up hurting the quality of the game. One of the most important things for me though was that there wasn't going to be anyone standing above telling me how I should be doing things. They trust the developers that have experience to make the best decisions for their playerbase. The atmosphere at Valve allows everyone to be very comfortable and able to focus on what they love doing. It also doesn't hurt that they are huge DotA fans.. until their favorite heroes are nerfed, then I'm the bad guy for a week!